Bill 24-17 would require the County Planning Board to establish and maintain an inventory of burial sites and revise that inventory annually as research reveals additional sites or errors in prior research.

Bill 21-17 allows a dog to be off leash if it is in an area that a municipality has identified as a dog exercise area and amends the definition of at-large animals. Without this change in County law, municipalities would continue to be prohibited from establishing dog exercise areas. The bill gives the county’s 19 municipalities the ability to create designated exercise areas for off-leash dogs.

Taxation - Property Tax Credit for Retired Military Service Members-Eligibility

Lead:

Floreen

Co-sponsors:

Berliner, Rice, Katz, Navarro

Latest Action:

Signed into Law - 7/7/17 - Effective 7/1/17

Summary:

Bill 13-17 expands on the property tax credit previously enacted for certain senior individuals and retirees of the armed forces to include retired members of the uniformed services, the military reserves, or the national guard.

Bill 9-17 will provide those County residents who are unable to install solar panels, such as a renter or an owner of a cooperative or condominium whom purchase solar energy from a Community Solar Energy Generating System an exemption from the County fuel-energy tax. The purpose of the bill is to encourage customers to purchase solar renewable energy.

Bill 1-17 amends the County Procurement law by requiring any new County vending machine contract to follow certain health vending standards. Vendors must provide at least 50% of healthy snacks and drinks in vending machines (65% as of July 2018) that meet the following requirements: no more than 200 calories per package; 35% or fewer calories from total fat or sugar, less than 10% of calories from trans-fat and have at least one food item meet the FDA low sodium definition. Beverages must be less than 250 calories or no more than 20 fluid ounces, and every vending machine must offer water.

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